This post will show you how to add countries list in Laravel using an example. I will explained how to get a list of countries in Laravel in a simple step-by-step manner. This article will show you a simple laravel countries list seeder example.
We’ll make a simple seeder for all country lists in this example. So, if you ever need to add a nation list to your Laravel app, this example will come in handy. We’ll utilize that nation list in the form when we run the seeder.
Follow these steps:
Setup Laravel
1. First of all, use the command below to get the new version of the Laravel 8 application.
composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel countries_list
2. Make a country model and a seeder using the command below
php artisan make:migration create_countries_table
3.Edit the migration file to look as below
<?php
use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;
class CreateCountriesTable extends Migration
{
/**
* Run the migrations.
*
* @return void
*/
public function up()
{
Schema::create('countries', function (Blueprint $table) {
$table->id();
$table->string('name');
$table->string('code');
$table->timestamps();
});
}
/**
* Reverse the migrations.
*
* @return void
*/
public function down()
{
Schema::dropIfExists('countries');
}
}
4. Edit model file
<?php
namespace App\Models;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Factories\HasFactory;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
class Country extends Model
{
use HasFactory;
protected $fillable = [
'name', 'code'
];
}
5. Make a Seeder using the command below
php artisan make:seeder CountrySeeder
<?php
namespace Database\Seeders;
use Illuminate\Database\Seeder;
use App\Models\Country;
class CountrySeeder extends Seeder
{
/**
* Run the database seeds.
*
* @return void
*/
public function run()
{
Country::truncate();
$countries = [
['name' => 'Afghanistan', 'code' => 'AF'],
['name' => 'Åland Islands', 'code' => 'AX'],
['name' => 'Albania', 'code' => 'AL'],
['name' => 'Algeria', 'code' => 'DZ'],
['name' => 'American Samoa', 'code' => 'AS'],
['name' => 'Andorra', 'code' => 'AD'],
['name' => 'Angola', 'code' => 'AO'],
['name' => 'Anguilla', 'code' => 'AI'],
['name' => 'Antarctica', 'code' => 'AQ'],
['name' => 'Antigua and Barbuda', 'code' => 'AG'],
['name' => 'Argentina', 'code' => 'AR'],
['name' => 'Armenia', 'code' => 'AM'],
['name' => 'Aruba', 'code' => 'AW'],
['name' => 'Australia', 'code' => 'AU'],
['name' => 'Austria', 'code' => 'AT'],
['name' => 'Azerbaijan', 'code' => 'AZ'],
['name' => 'Bahamas', 'code' => 'BS'],
['name' => 'Bahrain', 'code' => 'BH'],
['name' => 'Bangladesh', 'code' => 'BD'],
['name' => 'Barbados', 'code' => 'BB'],
['name' => 'Belarus', 'code' => 'BY'],
['name' => 'Belgium', 'code' => 'BE'],
['name' => 'Belize', 'code' => 'BZ'],
['name' => 'Benin', 'code' => 'BJ'],
['name' => 'Bermuda', 'code' => 'BM'],
['name' => 'Bhutan', 'code' => 'BT'],
['name' => 'Bolivia, Plurinational State of', 'code' => 'BO'],
['name' => 'Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba', 'code' => 'BQ'],
['name' => 'Bosnia and Herzegovina', 'code' => 'BA'],
['name' => 'Botswana', 'code' => 'BW'],
['name' => 'Bouvet Island', 'code' => 'BV'],
['name' => 'Brazil', 'code' => 'BR'],
['name' => 'British Indian Ocean Territory', 'code' => 'IO'],
['name' => 'Brunei Darussalam', 'code' => 'BN'],
['name' => 'Bulgaria', 'code' => 'BG'],
['name' => 'Burkina Faso', 'code' => 'BF'],
['name' => 'Burundi', 'code' => 'BI'],
['name' => 'Cambodia', 'code' => 'KH'],
['name' => 'Cameroon', 'code' => 'CM'],
['name' => 'Canada', 'code' => 'CA'],
['name' => 'Cape Verde', 'code' => 'CV'],
['name' => 'Cayman Islands', 'code' => 'KY'],
['name' => 'Central African Republic', 'code' => 'CF'],
['name' => 'Chad', 'code' => 'TD'],
['name' => 'Chile', 'code' => 'CL'],
['name' => 'China', 'code' => 'CN'],
['name' => 'Christmas Island', 'code' => 'CX'],
['name' => 'Cocos (Keeling) Islands', 'code' => 'CC'],
['name' => 'Colombia', 'code' => 'CO'],
['name' => 'Comoros', 'code' => 'KM'],
['name' => 'Congo', 'code' => 'CG'],
['name' => 'Congo, the Democratic Republic of the', 'code' => 'CD'],
['name' => 'Cook Islands', 'code' => 'CK'],
['name' => 'Costa Rica', 'code' => 'CR'],
['name' => 'Côte d\'Ivoire', 'code' => 'CI'],
['name' => 'Croatia', 'code' => 'HR'],
['name' => 'Cuba', 'code' => 'CU'],
['name' => 'Curaçao', 'code' => 'CW'],
['name' => 'Cyprus', 'code' => 'CY'],
['name' => 'Czech Republic', 'code' => 'CZ'],
['name' => 'Denmark', 'code' => 'DK'],
['name' => 'Djibouti', 'code' => 'DJ'],
['name' => 'Dominica', 'code' => 'DM'],
['name' => 'Dominican Republic', 'code' => 'DO'],
['name' => 'Ecuador', 'code' => 'EC'],
['name' => 'Egypt', 'code' => 'EG'],
['name' => 'El Salvador', 'code' => 'SV'],
['name' => 'Equatorial Guinea', 'code' => 'GQ'],
['name' => 'Eritrea', 'code' => 'ER'],
['name' => 'Estonia', 'code' => 'EE'],
['name' => 'Ethiopia', 'code' => 'ET'],
['name' => 'Falkland Islands (Malvinas)', 'code' => 'FK'],
['name' => 'Faroe Islands', 'code' => 'FO'],
['name' => 'Fiji', 'code' => 'FJ'],
['name' => 'Finland', 'code' => 'FI'],
['name' => 'France', 'code' => 'FR'],
['name' => 'French Guiana', 'code' => 'GF'],
['name' => 'French Polynesia', 'code' => 'PF'],
['name' => 'French Southern Territories', 'code' => 'TF'],
['name' => 'Gabon', 'code' => 'GA'],
['name' => 'Gambia', 'code' => 'GM'],
['name' => 'Georgia', 'code' => 'GE'],
['name' => 'Germany', 'code' => 'DE'],
['name' => 'Ghana', 'code' => 'GH'],
['name' => 'Gibraltar', 'code' => 'GI'],
['name' => 'Greece', 'code' => 'GR'],
['name' => 'Greenland', 'code' => 'GL'],
['name' => 'Grenada', 'code' => 'GD'],
['name' => 'Guadeloupe', 'code' => 'GP'],
['name' => 'Guam', 'code' => 'GU'],
['name' => 'Guatemala', 'code' => 'GT'],
['name' => 'Guernsey', 'code' => 'GG'],
['name' => 'Guinea', 'code' => 'GN'],
['name' => 'Guinea-Bissau', 'code' => 'GW'],
['name' => 'Guyana', 'code' => 'GY'],
['name' => 'Haiti', 'code' => 'HT'],
['name' => 'Heard Island and McDonald Mcdonald Islands', 'code' => 'HM'],
['name' => 'Holy See (Vatican City State)', 'code' => 'VA'],
['name' => 'Honduras', 'code' => 'HN'],
['name' => 'Hong Kong', 'code' => 'HK'],
['name' => 'Hungary', 'code' => 'HU'],
['name' => 'Iceland', 'code' => 'IS'],
['name' => 'India', 'code' => 'IN'],
['name' => 'Indonesia', 'code' => 'ID'],
['name' => 'Iran, Islamic Republic of', 'code' => 'IR'],
['name' => 'Iraq', 'code' => 'IQ'],
['name' => 'Ireland', 'code' => 'IE'],
['name' => 'Isle of Man', 'code' => 'IM'],
['name' => 'Israel', 'code' => 'IL'],
['name' => 'Italy', 'code' => 'IT'],
['name' => 'Jamaica', 'code' => 'JM'],
['name' => 'Japan', 'code' => 'JP'],
['name' => 'Jersey', 'code' => 'JE'],
['name' => 'Jordan', 'code' => 'JO'],
['name' => 'Kazakhstan', 'code' => 'KZ'],
['name' => 'Kenya', 'code' => 'KE'],
['name' => 'Kiribati', 'code' => 'KI'],
['name' => 'Korea, Democratic People\'s Republic of', 'code' => 'KP'],
['name' => 'Korea, Republic of', 'code' => 'KR'],
['name' => 'Kuwait', 'code' => 'KW'],
['name' => 'Kyrgyzstan', 'code' => 'KG'],
['name' => 'Lao People\'s Democratic Republic', 'code' => 'LA'],
['name' => 'Latvia', 'code' => 'LV'],
['name' => 'Lebanon', 'code' => 'LB'],
['name' => 'Lesotho', 'code' => 'LS'],
['name' => 'Liberia', 'code' => 'LR'],
['name' => 'Libya', 'code' => 'LY'],
['name' => 'Liechtenstein', 'code' => 'LI'],
['name' => 'Lithuania', 'code' => 'LT'],
['name' => 'Luxembourg', 'code' => 'LU'],
['name' => 'Macao', 'code' => 'MO'],
['name' => 'Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of', 'code' => 'MK'],
['name' => 'Madagascar', 'code' => 'MG'],
['name' => 'Malawi', 'code' => 'MW'],
['name' => 'Malaysia', 'code' => 'MY'],
['name' => 'Maldives', 'code' => 'MV'],
['name' => 'Mali', 'code' => 'ML'],
['name' => 'Malta', 'code' => 'MT'],
['name' => 'Marshall Islands', 'code' => 'MH'],
['name' => 'Martinique', 'code' => 'MQ'],
['name' => 'Mauritania', 'code' => 'MR'],
['name' => 'Mauritius', 'code' => 'MU'],
['name' => 'Mayotte', 'code' => 'YT'],
['name' => 'Mexico', 'code' => 'MX'],
['name' => 'Micronesia, Federated States of', 'code' => 'FM'],
['name' => 'Moldova, Republic of', 'code' => 'MD'],
['name' => 'Monaco', 'code' => 'MC'],
['name' => 'Mongolia', 'code' => 'MN'],
['name' => 'Montenegro', 'code' => 'ME'],
['name' => 'Montserrat', 'code' => 'MS'],
['name' => 'Morocco', 'code' => 'MA'],
['name' => 'Mozambique', 'code' => 'MZ'],
['name' => 'Myanmar', 'code' => 'MM'],
['name' => 'Namibia', 'code' => 'NA'],
['name' => 'Nauru', 'code' => 'NR'],
['name' => 'Nepal', 'code' => 'NP'],
['name' => 'Netherlands', 'code' => 'NL'],
['name' => 'New Caledonia', 'code' => 'NC'],
['name' => 'New Zealand', 'code' => 'NZ'],
['name' => 'Nicaragua', 'code' => 'NI'],
['name' => 'Niger', 'code' => 'NE'],
['name' => 'Nigeria', 'code' => 'NG'],
['name' => 'Niue', 'code' => 'NU'],
['name' => 'Norfolk Island', 'code' => 'NF'],
['name' => 'Northern Mariana Islands', 'code' => 'MP'],
['name' => 'Norway', 'code' => 'NO'],
['name' => 'Oman', 'code' => 'OM'],
['name' => 'Pakistan', 'code' => 'PK'],
['name' => 'Palau', 'code' => 'PW'],
['name' => 'Palestine, State of', 'code' => 'PS'],
['name' => 'Panama', 'code' => 'PA'],
['name' => 'Papua New Guinea', 'code' => 'PG'],
['name' => 'Paraguay', 'code' => 'PY'],
['name' => 'Peru', 'code' => 'PE'],
['name' => 'Philippines', 'code' => 'PH'],
['name' => 'Pitcairn', 'code' => 'PN'],
['name' => 'Poland', 'code' => 'PL'],
['name' => 'Portugal', 'code' => 'PT'],
['name' => 'Puerto Rico', 'code' => 'PR'],
['name' => 'Qatar', 'code' => 'QA'],
['name' => 'Réunion', 'code' => 'RE'],
['name' => 'Romania', 'code' => 'RO'],
['name' => 'Russian Federation', 'code' => 'RU'],
['name' => 'Rwanda', 'code' => 'RW'],
['name' => 'Saint Barthélemy', 'code' => 'BL'],
['name' => 'Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha', 'code' => 'SH'],
['name' => 'Saint Kitts and Nevis', 'code' => 'KN'],
['name' => 'Saint Lucia', 'code' => 'LC'],
['name' => 'Saint Martin (French part)', 'code' => 'MF'],
['name' => 'Saint Pierre and Miquelon', 'code' => 'PM'],
['name' => 'Saint Vincent and the Grenadines', 'code' => 'VC'],
['name' => 'Samoa', 'code' => 'WS'],
['name' => 'San Marino', 'code' => 'SM'],
['name' => 'Sao Tome and Principe', 'code' => 'ST'],
['name' => 'Saudi Arabia', 'code' => 'SA'],
['name' => 'Senegal', 'code' => 'SN'],
['name' => 'Serbia', 'code' => 'RS'],
['name' => 'Seychelles', 'code' => 'SC'],
['name' => 'Sierra Leone', 'code' => 'SL'],
['name' => 'Singapore', 'code' => 'SG'],
['name' => 'Sint Maarten (Dutch part)', 'code' => 'SX'],
['name' => 'Slovakia', 'code' => 'SK'],
['name' => 'Slovenia', 'code' => 'SI'],
['name' => 'Solomon Islands', 'code' => 'SB'],
['name' => 'Somalia', 'code' => 'SO'],
['name' => 'South Africa', 'code' => 'ZA'],
['name' => 'South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands', 'code' => 'GS'],
['name' => 'South Sudan', 'code' => 'SS'],
['name' => 'Spain', 'code' => 'ES'],
['name' => 'Sri Lanka', 'code' => 'LK'],
['name' => 'Sudan', 'code' => 'SD'],
['name' => 'Suriname', 'code' => 'SR'],
['name' => 'Svalbard and Jan Mayen', 'code' => 'SJ'],
['name' => 'Swaziland', 'code' => 'SZ'],
['name' => 'Sweden', 'code' => 'SE'],
['name' => 'Switzerland', 'code' => 'CH'],
['name' => 'Syrian Arab Republic', 'code' => 'SY'],
['name' => 'Taiwan', 'code' => 'TW'],
['name' => 'Tajikistan', 'code' => 'TJ'],
['name' => 'Tanzania, United Republic of', 'code' => 'TZ'],
['name' => 'Thailand', 'code' => 'TH'],
['name' => 'Timor-Leste', 'code' => 'TL'],
['name' => 'Togo', 'code' => 'TG'],
['name' => 'Tokelau', 'code' => 'TK'],
['name' => 'Tonga', 'code' => 'TO'],
['name' => 'Trinidad and Tobago', 'code' => 'TT'],
['name' => 'Tunisia', 'code' => 'TN'],
['name' => 'Turkey', 'code' => 'TR'],
['name' => 'Turkmenistan', 'code' => 'TM'],
['name' => 'Turks and Caicos Islands', 'code' => 'TC'],
['name' => 'Tuvalu', 'code' => 'TV'],
['name' => 'Uganda', 'code' => 'UG'],
['name' => 'Ukraine', 'code' => 'UA'],
['name' => 'United Arab Emirates', 'code' => 'AE'],
['name' => 'United Kingdom', 'code' => 'GB'],
['name' => 'United States', 'code' => 'US'],
['name' => 'United States Minor Outlying Islands', 'code' => 'UM'],
['name' => 'Uruguay', 'code' => 'UY'],
['name' => 'Uzbekistan', 'code' => 'UZ'],
['name' => 'Vanuatu', 'code' => 'VU'],
['name' => 'Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of', 'code' => 'VE'],
['name' => 'Viet Nam', 'code' => 'VN'],
['name' => 'Virgin Islands, British', 'code' => 'VG'],
['name' => 'Virgin Islands, U.S.', 'code' => 'VI'],
['name' => 'Wallis and Futuna', 'code' => 'WF'],
['name' => 'Western Sahara', 'code' => 'EH'],
['name' => 'Yemen', 'code' => 'YE'],
['name' => 'Zambia', 'code' => 'ZM'],
['name' => 'Zimbabwe', 'code' => 'ZW'],
];
foreach ($countries as $key => $value) {
Country::create($value);
}
}
}
6. Now it’s time to run the seeder
php artisan db:seed --class=CountrySeeder
7. Make a Route in web.php file
<?php
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route;
use App\Http\Controllers\CountryController;
/*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Web Routes
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
| Here is where you can register web routes for your application. These
| routes are loaded by the RouteServiceProvider within a group which
| contains the "web" middleware group. Now create something great!
|
*/
Route::get('form', [CountryController::class, 'index']);
8. Make a controller
<?php
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use App\Models\Country;
class CountryController extends Controller
{
/**
* Write code on Method
*
* @return response()
*/
public function index()
{
$countries = Country::all();
return view('country',compact('countries'));
}
}
9. Make country blade file in the resources folder
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title></title>
</head>
<body>
<div class="container">
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-6 mx-auto">
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
<div class="mb-3">
<h2>Registration</h2>
</div>
<div class="mb-3">
<label for="name" class="form-label">Name:</label>
<input type="text" class="form-control" id="name" aria-describedby="emailHelp">
</div>
<div class="mb-3">
<label for="exampleInputEmail1" class="form-label">Email:</label>
<input type="email" class="form-control" id="exampleInputEmail1" aria-describedby="emailHelp">
</div>
<div class="mb-3">
<label for="password" class="form-label">Password:</label>
<input type="password" class="form-control" id="password" aria-describedby="emailHelp">
</div>
<div class="mb-3">
<label for="password" class="form-label">Select Country:</label>
<select class="form-select">
@foreach ($countries as $country)
<option value="{{$country->id}}">{{$country->name}} - {{$country->code}}</option>
@endforeach
</select>
</div>
<div class="mb-3">
<button class="btn btn-success">Submit</button>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
